Total Crime Rate

582.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 582.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 213.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 123.0 10/10
  • Other theft 51.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.5 10/10
  • Public order 45.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 19.4 10/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ventnor Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Squires Gate , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LD) in the last 12 months was 582.5 per 1,000 residents and was 681.0% higher than the Squires Gate average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 265.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ventnor Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harrowside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horncliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crescent
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tudor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harrowside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boscombe Road
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seabourne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodstock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horncliffe Road
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kenilworth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bournemouth Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbourne Place
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burlington Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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